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    "speaker_name": "Seme, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon (Dr) James Nyikal",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving me an opportunity to discuss. This is an extremely important topic that we are discussing. I do not think we have much difference in the contents. I would like to highlight the three things we have to look at here. Technical issues, as Hon. (Dr.) Otiende Omollo brought out, to procedures as I was indicating earlier in the morning. When I raised the issue of why we are having this Motion without taking leave of the House, is not because I have any issues with the contents, but it is because we must look at procedures. If we do not do that, that is how the original issue of the BBI, despite the contents, actually faltered. What is the objective of this Motion that we have now? If we look at what the Memorandum states, note, consider and make general comments. It is not asking us to either support or oppose. It is, therefore, okay to make general comments, note and consider. At the same time, you will realise that all these aspects they are talking about have actually been placed before the various committees of the House. The issue of the two-thirds gender rule and the office of the leader of the official opposition, as the Chair of the Justice and Legal Affairs Committee (JLAC) stated, is already before them and they will bring the report to us for discussion. Therefore, why are we going through this process now yet that will come? Hon. Temporary Speaker, if you look at the issue of decentralised funds, the NG-CDF and the Senate Oversight Fund, we have an ad-hoc committee that already reported to us in Mombasa. As Hon. Tindi has said, if we are not careful, we can lose if we band it together. If you look at the issue of cabinet secretaries to answer Questions, this is already before the Procedure and House Rules Committee. We may be discussing very important things, but if we do not follow the procedures and do not look at the technical issues, we will miss out on all that. We must be very careful to follow procedures. The other issue that I can talk about is the sincerity or lack of it of the amendments that are coming. During the campaigns, when we were The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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